Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ced inflammation, and terminatedfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-teenth his body was borne wih military honors to itsfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault atMount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible tospeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-«miration. The more we see of the operations ofour gov
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ced inflammation, and terminatedfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-teenth his body was borne wih military honors to itsfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault atMount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible tospeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-«miration. The more we see of the operations ofour government, and the more deeply we feel thedifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal-ent and character, which have be-^n able to challengethe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limitsof the globe, and which we cannot but believe willbe as lasting as the existence of man. The person of Washington was unusally tali, erectand well proportioned. His muscular strength wasgreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetryHe commanded respect without any a].pea ranee qthaughtiness, and ever seiipus withouf l-^ine; I ?Vsv-jr, .^.w- ^^// .4^^?%, i/ SECOND PSESIDENT.
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